conventional wisdom
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In fact, they did the opposite of what conventional wisdom expects.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
In recent months this has become conventional wisdom.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
But what’s conventional wisdom today could look like folly six weeks from now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The conventional wisdom is that Darline Graham will likely make the runoff and then the second spot will be a competition between Fry and Norman.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But noticing where the conventional wisdom may be false—noticing, perhaps, the contrails of sloppy or self-interested thinking—is a nice place to start asking questions.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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